1955 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Hawthorn
This is the match report for the match played on 11 June 1955 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round nine of the 1955 season of the Victorian Football League.
Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval.
Charlie Sutton captained the hosts with Wally Donald as vice-captain.
John Kennedy captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie Sutton and the visitors were coached by Jack Hale.
Footscray (17.12.114) defeated Hawthorn (8.11.59).
Match Details
Season:
1955 VFL Season
Round:
Round 9
Teams:
Footscray
v
Hawthorn
Date:
Saturday 11 June 1955
Time:
2:15 PM
Venue:
Western Oval
Attendance:
28,807
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Footscray | 1 | . | 2 | 6 | . | 6 | 8 | . | 10 | 17 | . | 12 | 17 | . | 12 | (114) |
| Hawthorn | 6 | . | 6 | 6 | . | 7 | 8 | . | 9 | 8 | . | 11 | 8 | . | 11 | (59) |
| Margin | HWTH by 34 | HWTH by 1 | FOOT by 1 | FOOT by 55 | FOOT by 55 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Footscray
Captain: Charlie SuttonVice-Captain: Wally Donald
Coach: Charlie Sutton
Hawthorn
Captain: John KennedyCoach: Jack Hale
Player Statistics
Footscray
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Box, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Clough, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Collins, Bob | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 2 | Collins, Jack | ? | ? | 4 | ? |
| 22 | Donald, Wally (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 7 | Duffy, Roger | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 11 | Edwards, Arthur | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Gallagher, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Gardiner, Alex | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 25 | Henderson, Herb | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Kerr, John | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 26 | Nuttall, Jack | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Reynolds, Doug | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 9 | Ross, Don | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Smith, Kevin | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 16 | Smith, Kevin | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 32 | Stevens, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Sutton, Charlie (c) | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 20 | Warren, Allen | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Whitten, Ted | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 17 | 12 | |||
Hawthorn
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Arthur, Graham | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 1 | Boland, Brian | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | Coghlan, Kevin | RO↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 14 | Crane, Len | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Egerton, Ian | BPR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 33 | Howells, Geoff | CHF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 12 | Hughes, Alf | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 22 | Kann, Brian | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Kennedy, John (c) | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 35 | Maginness, Norm | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 34 | McCann, Ian | SUB↑ | ? | 0 | ? |
| 15 | O'Brien, Phil | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | O'Mahoney, John | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 25 | Peck, Graham | HFFR↓ | ? | 1 | ? |
| 23 | Peck, John | RR | ? | 1 | ? |
| 8 | Philp, Clive | CHB | ? | 1 | ? |
| 27 | Simmonds, Roy | FPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Thompson, Clayton | FF | ? | 2 | ? |
| 16 | Wilkinson, Lance | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Woodley, Allan | FPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (20 players) | 8 | 11 | |||
N. Maginness replaced K. Coghlan during the second quarter.
I. McCann replaced G. Peck at three-quarter-time.
Legend
ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Footscray | Coach: Charlie Sutton | ||||||||||||||
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| 12 | A. Hughes | 14 | L. Crane | 32 | I. Egerton |
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| 22 | B. Kann | 8 | C. Philp | 1 | B. Boland |
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| 15 | P. O'Brien | 3 | J. O'Mahoney | 16 | L. Wilkinson |
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| CENTRE | 10 | J. Kennedy (c) | 35 | N. Maginness | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 23 | J. Peck | 34 | I. McCann | |||||||||||
| 2 | G. Arthur | 33 | G. Howells | 25 | G. Peck | 6 | K. Coghlan |
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| 24 | A. Woodley | 20 | C. Thompson | 27 | R. Simmonds |
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| Hawthorn | Coach: Jack Hale | ||||||||||||||